Center Valley

Events To Celebrate St. Francis De Sales

January 10, 2006|The Morning Call

The Salesian Center for Faith and Culture at DeSales University will host a week of events this month designed to celebrate the legacy of St. Francis de Sales, patron of DeSales University in Center Valley.

Monsignor Charles M. Murphy, author of "Belonging to God: A Personal Training Guide for the Deeper Catholic Spiritual Life," will be guest celebrant and homilist at a Mass of St. Francis de Sales at 8 p.m. Jan. 22 in Connelly Chapel.

On Jan. 23, the Baranzano Society of the Salesian Center will present "A Health Care Dilemma: Who Lives? Who Dies? Who Decides?" a forum on decisions that need to be made for terminally ill patients, who makes them, and the morality and ethics behind those decisions. The event will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Arena Stage at the Labuda Center.

William J. Wagner, attorney and Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law professor and dean,will present a discussion about law and religion at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24 in the Kresge Lounge of Billera Hall.

The Rev. John Bartunek, the priest who was Mel Gibson's adviser on the film, "The Passion of the Christ," will speak at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 25 in the Iacocca Studios of the Labuda Center.

The week will end with the annual R. Wayne Kraft Memorial Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 26 in the McShea Student Union. The Rev. Aloysius Callaghan will talk about his work as diocesan secretary under the late Allentown Bishop Joseph McShea, founder of DeSales, what McShea's vision for the college was then and its impact today as it celebrates its 40th anniversary.

All events are free and will take place on the campus. For more information, contact the Salesian Center for Faith and Culture at DeSales at 610-282-1100, ext. 1244.